Today in the News: Holder says US changing drug-offender policy

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Posted Aug. 12, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Aug 12, 2013 at 11:17 AM

Posted Aug. 12, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Aug 12, 2013 at 11:17 AM

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"Too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long, and for no truly good law-enforcement reason." - Attorney General Eric Holder, talking today at the American Bar Association's House of Delegates in San Francisco. Holder said the Justice Department will no longer enforce minimum sentences for drug offenders who aren’t associated with gangs, cartels or other large operations.

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